Mesut Ozil has tweeted his support for former international teammate Jerome Boateng after the defender was axed from the Germany team, but failed to do the same for both Mats Hummels and Thomas Muller.
Die Mannschaft boss Joachim Low revealed earlier on Tuesday that he was not planning on calling up the trio again in future squads, effectively ending their international careers.
After hearing of the shock news, Arsenal star Ozil took to Twitter to share his surprise and sympathy at the decision to leave Boateng out of the Germany side.
Alongside a picture of him with the Bayern Munich centre-back, Ozil wrote: "Chin up Bro.